To find your graphics card: Look for a section called Display adapters and click the arrow next to it. You'll see your GPU ...

Building a PC is a little like walking a tightrope without a net. Okay, it’s not quite that dangerous, but unlike buying an off-the-shelf system, you have to be your own tech support staff. Sure, you ...

Sooner or later you’re going to experience a problem with your PC. It could be minor, like a virus infection, or something more serious that prevents Windows from loading. It might be something major, ...

According to the universal law articulated by Edward Murphy(we’re not closely related), anything that can go wrong will go wrong. And when the wrong thing happens to your desktop PC, it can plunge you ...

Does your PC have a black screen problem? Here's how to troubleshoot and fix this issue on Windows 11. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

You can use Quick Assist in Windows 10 to remotely help someone with a PC problem. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Have you ever ...

Computers are indispensable business tools, if they are working properly. Many small businesses can't justify the expense of a full-time IT position, so the job of trying to get a non-booting computer ...

Sometimes when you plug a USB drive into your PC it doesn't show up. We're going to look at a few ways to fix that problem.

Being tech-savvy is a gift and a curse. When you know how to fix computers, you become "the computer person" for everyone you know. If you're using the same platform as the person you're helping—both ...

If a Windows upgrade has ever gone sideways on you, you know how vague and unhelpful the error messages can be. Here are my go-to troubleshooting tricks when that happens.

On Windows 10 and 11, you can use these steps to fix a second monitor not detected on your PC, and here's how.

Last month, we discussed several utilities to help troubleshoot memory and hard drive issues. However, many of the problems you’re likely to encounter will be software related. Most will be minor ...